In article <070720071658548665%mitch@hawaii.rr>,
Mitch <mitch@hawaii.rr> wrote:

> In article <3Rpji.9358$bO2.4319@trnddc05>, Wes Groleau
> <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
>
>
> What I'm wondering is if people are being told it is GPS they are
> getting when the system merely uses cell towers to set the location?

As of 2005, the government mandated GPS in the cell phones for 911
reasons.
http://www.maps-gps-info.com/gpcp.html

>
> > Though you're more likely to get an answer from the makers
> > of the Neo1973 -http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973
> > or from http://howstuffworks.com
>
> How Stuff Works gave a good start, then gave up when it got to my part
> of the question -- does it really use GPS satellites and calculations
> to build the location?

Most, although from my reading on google, seems as though some
companies might be using a triangulation method from the cell towers.